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Jim Perry

James Evan Perry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 30, 1935 in Williamston, NC
High School: Williamston HS (Williamston, NC)
School: Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1959 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Indians/Tigers/Athletics 1959-1975

Final Game: August 5, 1975 (Age 39)
Relatives: Brother of Gaylord Perry
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1959 CLE AL 23 P 44 13 8 153.0 36 12 24 0 1 1.000 2.12 0.82 .955 2.05 2.03 2 10 83% 40% 3 RoY-2
1960 CLE AL 24 P 41 36 10 261.1 65 23 40 2 4 .969 2.17 1.54 .967 1.96 1.95 4 6 60% 40% 5 MVP-21
1961 CLE AL 25 P 35 35 6 223.2 59 17 37 5 5 .915 2.17 1.54 .954 2.05 2.02 6 7 54% 36% 0 AS
1962 CLE AL 26 P 35 27 7 193.2 52 12 39 1 3 .981 2.37 1.46 .958 2.08 2.07 4 8 67% 36% 1
1963 TOT AL 27 P 40 25 5 178.2 40 8 30 2 1 .950 1.91 0.95 .955 1.99 2.00 1 7 88% 33% 1
1963 CLE AL 27 P 5 0 0 10.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.74 0.40 .955 2.00 2.00 0 0 0
1963 MIN AL 27 P 35 25 5 168.1 38 8 28 2 1 .947 1.92 1.03 .955 1.99 2.00 1 7 88% 33% 1
1964 MIN AL 28 P 42 1 0 65.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.29 .957 1.90 1.89 1 1 50% 37% 0
1965 MIN AL 29 P 36 19 4 167.2 34 7 26 1 3 .971 1.77 0.92 .951 2.04 2.03 4 4 50% 34% 0
1966 MIN AL 30 P 33 25 8 184.1 32 9 22 1 0 .969 1.51 0.94 .952 1.99 1.98 6 9 60% 38% 1
1967 MIN AL 31 P 37 11 3 130.2 20 4 15 1 2 .950 1.31 0.51 .957 1.96 1.96 5 6 55% 41% 1
1968 MIN AL 32 P 32 18 3 139.0 39 10 26 3 1 .923 2.33 1.13 .957 1.89 1.88 2 2 50% 37% 0
1969 MIN AL 33 P 46 36 12 261.2 44 12 31 1 3 .977 1.48 0.93 .951 1.88 1.88 8 7 47% 36% 1 CYA-3,MVP-9
1970 MIN AL 34 P 40 40 13 278.2 59 11 47 1 0 .983 1.87 1.45 .951 1.86 1.85 6 13 68% 39% 4 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1970 MIN AL 34 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1971 MIN AL 35 P 40 39 8 270.0 61 17 44 0 4 1.000 2.03 1.53 .958 1.98 1.97 7 10 59% 39% 1 AS
1972 MIN AL 36 P 35 35 5 217.2 55 21 28 6 3 .891 2.03 1.40 .950 1.86 1.85 3 7 70% 39% 1
1973 DET AL 37 P 35 34 7 203.0 48 12 33 3 1 .938 2.00 1.29 .951 1.86 1.85 5 8 62% 38% 1
1974 CLE AL 38 P 36 36 8 252.0 51 7 42 2 1 .961 1.75 1.36 .947 1.81 1.80 12 12 50% 38% 0
1975 TOT AL 39 P 23 17 2 105.1 19 6 13 0 1 1.000 1.62 0.83 .940 1.87 1.86 4 9 69% 38% 0
1975 CLE AL 39 P 8 6 0 37.2 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.39 1.25 .940 1.86 1.86 2 5 71% 38% 0
1975 OAK AL 39 P 15 11 2 67.2 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.60 .940 1.88 1.86 2 4 67% 38% 0
17 Seasons P 630 447 109 3285.2 726 191 506 29 33 .960 1.91 1.11 .954 1.94 1.94 80 126 61% 38% 20
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
17 Seasons TOT 631 447 109 3285.2 726 191 506 29 33 .960 1.91 1.10 .954 1.94 1.94 80 126 61% 38% 20
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1959 CLE AL 23 P
1960 CLE AL 24 P
1961 CLE AL 25 P
1962 CLE AL 26 P
1963 CLE AL 27 P
1963 MIN AL 27 P
1964 MIN AL 28 P
1965 MIN AL 29 P
1966 MIN AL 30 P
1967 MIN AL 31 P
1968 MIN AL 32 P
1969 MIN AL 33 P
1970 MIN AL 34 P
1971 MIN AL 35 P
1972 MIN AL 36 P
1973 DET AL 37 P
1974 CLE AL 38 P
1975 CLE AL 39 P
1975 OAK AL 39 P
17 Seasons P
17 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1959 CLE AL 23 44 13 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 24 42 36 42 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 CLE AL 25 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 26 35 27 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MIN AL 27 35 25 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CLE AL 27 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MIN AL 28 42 1 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MIN AL 29 36 19 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MIN AL 30 33 25 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 MIN AL 31 39 11 39 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1968 MIN AL 32 32 18 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MIN AL 33 47 36 47 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 MIN AL 34 41 41 41 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1971 MIN AL 35 40 39 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 MIN AL 36 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 DET AL 37 35 34 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 38 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 39 15 11 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 39 8 6 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 635 448 542 631 630 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1959 CLE AL 23 620 81% 24% 23 87% 0 14 2 12 22 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1960 CLE AL 24 1103 82% 24% 40 90% 0 22 1 20 39 26 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 4 4 0 6 83%
1961 CLE AL 25 974 83% 24% 49 78% 1 16 2 12 37 28 3 5 1 1 3 2 5 3 4 1 6 83%
1962 CLE AL 26 819 86% 28% 40 93% 0 12 1 8 37 27 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1963 MIN AL 27 722 85% 24% 30 90% 0 8 0 7 28 22 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1963 CLE AL 27 46 85% 22% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 MIN AL 28 279 76% 21% 11 82% 0 3 0 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1965 MIN AL 29 679 82% 26% 27 96% 0 6 0 3 28 23 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 2 100%
1966 MIN AL 30 742 79% 22% 23 83% 0 9 0 7 20 16 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1967 MIN AL 31 550 76% 22% 21 90% 1 4 1 2 18 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 67%
1968 MIN AL 32 556 84% 26% 33 82% 1 10 0 8 26 20 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 75%
1969 MIN AL 33 1080 81% 28% 37 92% 0 12 1 8 32 24 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 2 100%
1970 MIN AL 34 1140 82% 26% 45 96% 0 11 1 8 46 39 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1971 MIN AL 35 1147 82% 26% 48 96% 1 16 1 12 45 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 8 75%
1972 MIN AL 36 898 85% 28% 42 81% 1 22 3 15 31 25 3 6 0 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 12 58%
1973 DET AL 37 867 88% 28% 35 91% 0 11 3 7 32 27 1 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 100%
1974 CLE AL 38 1039 89% 32% 46 98% 1 7 2 5 43 37 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 86%
1975 OAK AL 39 296 82% 20% 6 100% 0 3 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 39 170 88% 26% 7 100% 0 3 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
17 Seasons 13727 83% 26% 566 90% 6 189 18 140 508 395 50 29 2 9 18 11 34 24 29 5 78 82%
MLB Averages 80% 28% 90% 84%
Lg PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1983 BBWAA ( 1.9%)

All-Star Games
1961-1
1970 *
1971

Awards (yr lg award)
1970 AL Cy Young

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (21, 2%)
1969 AL (9, 12%)
1970 AL (9, 19%)
0.33 Career Shares (583rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (3, 13%)
1970 AL (1, 46%)
1 Cy Young
0.59 Career Shares (93rd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1960 AL  23 (2nd)
1972 AL  21 (3rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1960 AL  40 (4th)
1970 AL  47 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1961 AL  5 (1st)
1972 AL  6 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1960 AL  1.54 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1971 AL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1972 AL  born 1935-10-30 (8th)
1973 AL  born 1935-10-30 (8th)
1974 AL  born 1935-10-30 (7th)
1975 AL  born 1935-10-30 (4th)

             

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